Sunday, September 27, 2015

The SMITH at Lincoln Center is far superior on this trip to NYC (9-26-15)

Before Samuel and I headed to the glorious performance of Turandot at the
Met, we had dinner across the street at The Smith.

Sam wasn't so hungry so he settled for the Corn Chowder and a coulple of
mini-loaves of their crunchy bread(the butter wins no prizes). I started with 2
each of 4 different oysters and the Cotuit Bay & Peter's Point from Mass
were my faves. The Pemaquid from Maine was nice, but the Island Creek from Mass
was a bore and way too salty. I tried the Saturday night special of Paella and
was truly impressed with this tasty combo of saffron rice, spicy chorizo,
mussels, large tasty clams, and a lobster claw (see FB foto) with red peppers,
chilis, onion, scallions and peas. The glass of refreshing Rose of Merlot from
Charming Daughters vineyard on Long Island was perfect for the spice.